1969 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (4th win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Derry |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Wexford |
| Ulster | Derry |
| Connacht | Galway |
The 1969 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 38th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions.
On 28 September 1969, Cork won the championship following a 2-7 to 0-11 defeat of Derry in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their third in succession.[1]
Results[edit]
Connacht Minor Football Championship[edit]
Quarter-final
| 1969 Quarter-final | Galway | 1-11 – 0-05 | Sligo | St. Comans Park, Roscommon |
Semi-finals
| 1969 Semi-final | Roscommon | 0-12 – 3-06 | Galway | Pearse Stadium, Galway |
Final
| 3 August 1969 Final | Mayo | 3-03 – 0-08 | Galway | MacHale Park, Castlebar |
Munster Minor Football Championship[edit]
Quarter-finals
| 1969 Quarter-final | Clare | 2-10 - 1-06 | Limerick | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
| 1969 Quarter-final | Tipperary | 4-16 - 0-06 | Waterford | Ned Hall Park, Clonmel |
Semi-finals
| 1969 Semi-final | Cork | 4-14 - 0-05 | Clare | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork |
| 1969 Semi-final | Tipperary | 0-03 - 3-14 | Kerry | Ned Hall Park, Clonmel |
Final
| 20 July 1969 Final | Cork | 3-11 - 0-12 | Kerry | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork |
Leinster Minor Football Championship[edit]
First round
| 1969 First round | Wexford | 4-10 – 0-02 | Kilkenny | O'Kennedy Park, New Ross |
| 1969 First round | Wicklow | 1-11 – 1-12 | Carlow | Páirc Éanna, Gorey |
Second round
| 1969 Second round | Louth | 3-05 – 2-08 | Westmeath | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
| 1969 Second round replay | Louth | 3-09 – 2-08 | Westmeath | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
| 1969 Second round | Wexford | 3-07 – 0-09 | Wicklow | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
Quarter-finals
| 1969 Quarter-final | Dublin | 1-12 – 1-04 | Laois | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
| 1969 Quarter-final | Offaly | 3-12 – 2-04 | Louth | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 1969 Quarter-final | Wexford | 1-12 – 0-09 | Longford | Croke Park, Dublin |
Semi-finals
| 1969 Semi-final | Dublin | 1-12 – 2-06 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 1969 Semi-final | Wexford | 1-04 – 0-07 | Offaly | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 1969 Semi-final replay | Wexford | 1-07 – 0-08 | Offaly | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
| 27 July 1969 Final | Wexford | 1-07 – 0-08 | Dublin | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
Ulster Minor Football Championship[edit]
Quarter-finals
| 1969 Quarter-final | Cavan | 1-07 – 4-06 | Monaghan | Breffni Park, Cavan |
| 1969 Quarter-final | Tyrone | 4-07 – 0-04 | Monaghan | O'Neill Park, Irvinestown |
| 1969 Quarter-final | Fermanagh | 1-07 – 1-12 | Antrim | St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown |
Semi-finals
| 1969 Semi-final | Tyrone | 2-07 – 0-10 | Derry | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
| 1969 Semi-final | Derry | 3-07 – 1-04 | Antrim | Coalisland |
Final
| 27 July 1969 Final | Derry | 3-07 – 1-04 | Tyrone | Casement Park, Belfast |
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship[edit]
Semi-finals
| 10 August 1969 Semi-final | Cork | 4-09 - 1-08 | Galway | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 31 August 1969 Semi-final | Derry | 0-14 - 3-04 | Wexford | Croke Park, Dublin |
| Referee: T Cunningham (Galway) |
Final
| 28 September 1969 Final | Cork | 2-07 - 0-11 | Derry | Croke Park, Dublin |
| D Barron 2-0, S Courtney 0-4, PJ Lonergan 0-2, D Curran 0-1. | S Mullan 0-8, B Ward 0-1, M Moran 0-1, M O'Neill 0-1. | Referee: B Lowth (Dublin) |
Championship statistics[edit]
Miscellaneous[edit]
- Cork achieve the double for the second time in their history, after earlier winning the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. They also become the second team after Dublin in 1956 to win three successive All-Ireland titles. Brian Murphy and Ger Hanley claim winners' medals in both All-Ireland victories.
References[edit]
- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.